Information encoded in a form which can be read by a machine, usually means computer-readable
That characteristic of printed information that permits the direct transfer of information that permits the direct transfer of information from a printed surface to a data processing system, without operator intervention
a general term for printed material which can be directly transferred to a data processing system
That characteristic of printed information that permits the direct transfer of information from a printed surface to a data processing system without operator intervention Bar coding and optical character recognition are technologies of machine reading, as are imaging cameras